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The Lounge Bar
Short Film (Full Length) – 1988
The Lounge Bar marks the second film by legendary music/theatre group The Front Lawn, which began as Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair. The plot: two men and a woman (Lucy Sheehan) meet at a deserted bar. Pivoting on amnesia and woven together by music, two time frames are seamlessly combined and a darkly humorous plot unfolds. The film got wide global release (including Ireland, Germany and the USA). It was a finalist in the first American Film Festival. McGlashan later formed band The Mutton Birds; Sinclair continued as a filmmaker.
Ok course nobody hires singers these days — just jukeboxes.– Mike the barman (Don McGlashan)
Key Cast & Crew
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Produced by
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Front Lawn Films
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Sycorax Productions
Acknowledgements
Made in association with the Short Film Fund of the NZ Film Commission
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